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Hostname

Sets the hostname to a specified value, and optionally injects that value and other aliases into the /etc/hosts file

Ansible 2.4 or higher

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or equivalent

Valid Red Hat Subscriptions

Currently the following variables are supported:

hostname - The (probably FQDN) hostname to set for the host
hostname_aliases - An optional array of shortened hostnames to set into the /etc/hosts file.
hostname_inject_hosts_files - Set to false if you do not wish to inject lines into the hosts files. Defaults to true.
hostname_become - Set to false if you do not wish to sudo/become a privileged user for the hostname injection (does not affect becoming root to set the hostname). Defaults to true.
hostname_become_user - Set to the value of user who should inject the lines into the hosts files. Defaults to root.

None

- hosts: hostname-servers
  roles:
    - role: oasis-roles.hostname
      hostname: dev.example.com
      hostname_aliases:
        - dev

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